The Conservative Party has allowed itself to be bewitched by a Melanesian “cargo cult”, whose primary doctrine is that deliverance from imminent annihilation at the ballot box can only be achieved by a magic spell called “tax cutting” and the ritual sacrifice of public services, mainly to the detriment of the elderly, poor and sick.
Public spending and the cult of tax cutting
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